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Medieval gold ring brooch
Decorated with six settings containing alternately three cameos of chalcedony and two cabochon rubies. One setting empty and the pin is missing. The cameos show a man's head in profile with a coif.
The goldwork may be Parisian, set with rubies and cameo repairs which show male heads in profile.
LI1.7
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
76.39H
Find Information
Site Name: Oxwich Castle, Oxwich
Date: 1968 / May
Notes: found during clearance of the undergrowth of the east block
Acquisition
purchase, 16/11/1976
Measurements
diameter / mm:40.0
width / mm:3.0 (bars)
thickness / mm:2.0 (bars)
weight / g:14.75
Material
Gold
Chalcedony
Ruby
Location
location verified by SI
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